The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-07-07
OHIO LABOR CONVENTION.
A COMPLETE STATE TICKET NOM
h MATED.

~ Very Harmonious Meeting, In Which
"A All the Nominations Were Made IMAM
1mous Save One--JOhn seitz Heads the
X Ticket for Recommendations Adopted.
:. COLUMBUS o., July 6.-Ths United Labor
convention yesterday succeeded in organic
ing The number Of delegates present was
281, without any representation from the
Seventh, Twelfth and Seventeenth congress
Eonal districts At Sp. m. State Organizer
Charles Jenkins called the convention to
J order, and about the first thing done was
/, the admission Of the whole 100 delegates
from Hamilton county J. w. Schrage, Of
Hamilton, was made temporary chairman.
\ That gentleman made a stirring speech on
the occasion.
The several committees were elected on
resolutions, permanent organization, finance,
and the state central committee 1t ad-
journed at $50 to meet at p. M, when the
committee on permanent organization re-
ported the following: Chairman, Hon. John
Seitz, of jefferson; secretary, Ernest A.
Weir, of Hamilton; assistant secretaries,
J. W. Northup and William Crestell; SER
geant-at-arms, Fred. P, Cranston, of Ham
| ilton, with power to appoint assistants The
| committee recommended the adoption of the
\ rules of the house Of representatives, so far
I as applicable to guide the deliberations Of
| the convention.
The convention completed its labors at
noon to-day and adjourned. The convention
was harmonious one, and although Hamil-
ton county had majority Of the delegates
present, they asked for no place on the
ticket their watch word was harmony
. All the nominations except that of member
Of the board Of public works were unani-
meus, and made amid considerable cheering.
,kThs first nominee appeared to catch the
hdeAgates and all others withdrew, leaving
lDut one name before the convention.
A The Greenback sentiment ruled the con-
vention, and the nomination Of Hon. John
kSeitz, Of Seneca county, radical Green
Ibacker, for governor, was q bid for the
\ Greenback vote, and shows plainly that the
rag babyn will soon be revived by the
x Union Labor party Of Ohio.
For lieutenant governor T. r. Mcdonald,
3of Springfield, was nominated; supreme
judge, long term, Timothy O'Connor, of
Z Cincinnati; short term, G. W. Tuttls, of
Lake; auditor OF state, G. ]. Sutton, Of Sum-
mit; treasurer, G. N. Hunter, Of Stark 1;
attorney general, William Baker, of Lick
! ing; board of public works, Carl A. Reader,
Of CuyahogA
y, The following is substance Of the plat
4 form:
"The delegates Of the Union Labor party
B Of the state Of Ohio, In convention assem-
bled, regard our Industrial and political sit
uation with grave alarm.
a 'The natural agencies of production and
redistribution are seized by syndicates of
\ SPECTATORS and gamblers to whom every
Nproductive industry in the land is compelled
\ to pay tribute
h "Laws are enacted and administered in
the special interest of combinations of cor
\ porations Of aggregated wealth to the detri-
ment Of both producer and consumer.
" "The entire machinery of the two dom
ant parties is manipulated by the Doodle
'Yf! monopoly, thus leaving the masses of
1Sheir followers powerless to reform existing
ylijyils.
Believing it is the right tn duty Of the
n liling masses to cast aside all past party
n lferences and associate themselves to-
Bgsther for the purpose of securing to the
tdling producer the full fruits of their toll
aid make industrial worth the true standard
oigreatness,
! I'VE therefore indorse the platform of the
uhlon Labor party promulgated at Cincin-
natl February %, 1887
, Sand we further demand at the hands of
the state that the fee system be abolished
ami that official salaries shall be commensu-
rale with services preferred; that the laws
against the employment of bribery, force, or
intimidation to secure nominations or cleo
tiops to public office, be rigidly enforced and
thdt free drinks or lunch shall be declared
bribery by statute; that the charters of all
corporations which have violated the law
under which they were granted be revoked;
that all mortgages on real estate be taxed
and corresponding exemption of the mort
gagof; that all school books used in the COM
mon schools be printed by the state and fur
nished at cost; that all banks shall be re-
quired to give security to the state to the
average amount Of their deposits; that spec
ulation in the necessaries Of life cornering'
the market and dealing in margins and
futures are ruinous to legitimate business,
highly demoralizing, and we denounce the
courts of Ohio for failing to enforce the laws
declaring such acts criminal offenses; that
all determinations by employers against
lawful associations Of employees, to secure
their rights violate the constitutional right
of the citizen, and shall be declared fell
ony; that the ratio of assessing railroad cor
porations be based upon the capitalization
as shown on the books of the state railroad
commissioner, and that the assessment shall
be the same as other property in proportion
to capitalization, or estimated salable value,
and that the same principle apply to banks
:. and all other business corporations.n
Pinkertons In the Coke Regions.
PITTsBURG July g. About 15O of Pinker-
tons men arrived from the east and west
At...